Delhi Capitals (DC) should wait on skipper Axar Patel’s restoration from sickness forward of the IPL 2025 encounter towards the Punjab Kings, mentioned assistant coach Matthew Mott.
The all-rounder missed the facet’s 59-run loss to the Mumbai Indians, ending its hopes of constructing the highest 4, and has not totally recovered forward of Saturday’s contest right here.
“He’s (Axar) is not training today. I’m sure he’s motivated to come out and play. But, we’ll probably know a little bit more tonight when we go back and see the medical staff,” Mott mentioned on the pre-match press convention.
The Australian mentioned the gamers and employees are gutted after failing to qualify for the Playoffs regardless of successful six of their opening eight encounters.
“We came out of the blocks hard and won a lot of games early. The second half has been very disappointing, a bit patchy and disjointed,” he mentioned.
“Halfway through the tournament, we probably needed to win two more games to assure our spot in the final. We weren’t good enough as a group to do that,” he added.
The Kings, on the opposite hand, got a serious increase with skipper Shreyas Iyer handed match to play after recovering from a finger damage, which noticed him subbed out forward of the second innings towards the Rajasthan Royals.
“He’s (Shreyas) recovered well. He had a good hit yesterday. He’s a pretty tough character, and it’ll be hard not to get him out there. He’ll go back to his normal position at number three,” PBKS assistant coach Brad Haddin mentioned.
Published – May 23, 2025 09:27 pm IST
